Turf always yields faster times than dirt.
Two other amazing still unbroken dirt track records are Dr. Fager’s mile in 132 1/5 in 1968 at Washington Park and Spectacular Bid’s 157.9 for the 1 1/4 miles at Santa Anita in 1980, both as 4 year olds. Najran tied Dr. Fager’s mile record in 2003, but Fager was carrying a whole lot more weight (21 lbs). Fager was a beast.
Secretariat’s and Bid’s long-standing records at the dirt track distances in question will likely never be broken.
Spectacular Bid...grrr..easily should have been Triple Crown winner...why they kept that kid as his jockey, i’ll never know...just dumb...
Bids was on a CA track (always faster), AND it was a walk-over.